Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[TropicalChickies]

Thats some truth right there.

I'm 61. I have no children. The worst of what is (probably) to come will affect those who are younger than I. I hope I don't live to see it.

I don't know if what I do makes things better, but I do what I can to try to NOT make things worse.

On the last day of a biology class in college, the prof (normally an easy going, happy guy) was in a terrible mood, or so we thought. His last lecture was about what we were leaving for the next generation. His last statements were from what would be our children's and grand children's perspective.

SLAM of the hand on the lectern. "You knew! YOU KNEW! And you did (SLAM) nothing (SLAM) about it!"

You could have heard a pin drop.

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[RoyalChick]

I'm 61. I have no children. The worst of what is (probably) to come will affect those who are younger than I. I hope I don't live to see it.

I don't know if what I do makes things better, but I do what I can to try to NOT make things worse.

On the last day of a biology class in college, the prof (normally an easy going, happy guy) was in a terrible mood, or so we thought. His last lecture was about what we were leaving for the next generation. His last statements were from what would be our children's and grand children's perspective.

SLAM of the hand on the lectern. "You knew! YOU KNEW! And you did (SLAM) nothing (SLAM) about it!"

You could have heard a pin drop.

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You and I are in a similar place. I admit that I more often lean towards despair because nothing of what I do will likely make a difference and so many people just don’t care.
But I hope to leave this world before it gets too terrible and to know that I didn’t make it worse.

 

[RoyalChick]

You and I are in a similar place. I admit that I more often lean towards despair because nothing of what I do will likely make a difference and so many people just don’t care.
But I hope to leave this world before it gets too terrible and to know that I didn’t make it worse.

New Jersey recently banned single use plastic shopping bags (also paper I think).
My mother never threw anything out so plastic shopping bags were kept and reused and as needed they were used to wrap the smelly rubbish.
Like mother like daughter.
So initially I didn’t understand what a single use plastic bag was!
I had to laugh because I have inherited enough plastic bags to last me a lifetime.
I will use and reuse them wisely!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I'm 61. I have no children. The worst of what is (probably) to come will affect those who are younger than I. I hope I don't live to see it.

I don't know if what I do makes things better, but I do what I can to try to NOT make things worse.

On the last day of a biology class in college, the prof (normally an easy going, happy guy) was in a terrible mood, or so we thought. His last lecture was about what we were leaving for the next generation. His last statements were from what would be our children's and grand children's perspective.

SLAM of the hand on the lectern. "You knew! YOU KNEW! And you did (SLAM) nothing (SLAM) about it!"

You could have heard a pin drop.

@Sally PB

I'm 78 and a daughter and 2 granddaughters.

They are the ones who will be affected by all of the changes that are being made.

You and I are in a similar place. I admit that I more often lean towards despair because nothing of what I do will likely make a difference and so many people just don’t care.
But I hope to leave this world before it gets too terrible and to know that I didn’t make it worse.

@RoyalChick

I can only hope when my husband and I depart this life we will not have seen the terrible changes.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm 61. I have no children. The worst of what is (probably) to come will affect those who are younger than I. I hope I don't live to see it.

I don't know if what I do makes things better, but I do what I can to try to NOT make things worse.

On the last day of a biology class in college, the prof (normally an easy going, happy guy) was in a terrible mood, or so we thought. His last lecture was about what we were leaving for the next generation. His last statements were from what would be our children's and grand children's perspective.

SLAM of the hand on the lectern. "You knew! YOU KNEW! And you did (SLAM) nothing (SLAM) about it!"

You could have heard a pin drop.

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I'm glad someone pointed this out. I get awfully tired of reading and hearing people moaning about the state of the world as if it all happened in some other universe and got suddenly dumped on us here on earth. We are the generation resposible for whatever state the world is in.
We could have done something. Instead most of us droned on about personal freedom and pursued pesonal wealth at the expense of the less fortunate.
Here in the UK people would rather have a tax cut of a single penny that they can spend of the crap the marketing sells us; most of it we don't need, than raise tax by a penny and fund a decent health service.
Mention that the car, with all it's associations with personal freedom, is helping to destroy our environment and perhaps people might consider arranging their lives so they travel less and use public transport and one may as well have suggested that Jesus was a communist.
We have, according to the propaganda at least been living in a democracy where we can vote for the policies we consider important here in Western society. What did we vote for? More waste, more exploitation, more inequality, more personal freedom which ironically we have even less of now than I recall when I was a lot younger.
We've supported war and division, greed and destruction with our so called democratic rights.
One can't help wondering if the horrible truth is we are not fit to vote and when it comes to what might infringe on what we percieve as what we are entitled to, we will choose the selfsih over the selfless every time.

Pulling out of the system and looking after our own as I've often read is not going to change anything except perhaps our own wants for a short period of time.

 

[Molpet]

I try to limit my usage and it's frustrating when people think I'm just being cheap. I lost weight when I retired, but I am wearing out the clothes I wear around the property. Had to put holes in my belts LOL
I did buy 2 new pants to wear to town.

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Nice damp dirt

 

[fuzzi]

I love the colouring.

Thats one of the reasons why I bought bantam Red Speckled Sussex hatching eggs.
This is what the bantam Sussex look like when they are young. View attachment 3539790
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The person I bough the eggs from suspects that the first photo is of a cockerel wit a perfect comb. The second a pullet.

I agree with their assessment.

Speckled Sussex bantam boys, from March 27, one month old:

Here's Blue band, now, "Joel":

 

[fuzzi]

New Jersey recently banned single use plastic shopping bags (also paper I think).
My mother never threw anything out so plastic shopping bags were kept and reused and as needed they were used to wrap the smelly rubbish.
Like mother like daughter.
So initially I didn’t understand what a single use plastic bag was!
I had to laugh because I have inherited enough plastic bags to last me a lifetime.
I will use and reuse them wisely!

I save everything and reuse it as much as possible. Both my parents and my in-laws were Great Depression children, and experienced want, and learned how to make do with what they had.

I use plastic grocery bags for cleaning out the cat box and scooping up after my dog. Most cardboard and paper goes into the compost pile with leaves and yard clippings. Some cardboard is laid down on the ground as a weed barrier, covered with mulch from the compost pile. My Millennial son still rolls his eyes when I save plastic produce containers or bags, for reuse, but he doesn't try to change me!

Oh, and I invested in a gravity-fed water purifier/filter, no more plastic water bottles!
And the water tastes GOOD.

In case you're interested:
https://mypatriotsupply.com/products/alexapure-pro-water-filtration-system

 

[RoyalChick]

I save everything and reuse it as much as possible. Both my parents and my in-laws were Great Depression children, and experienced want, and learned how to make do with what they had.

I use plastic grocery bags for cleaning out the cat box and scooping up after my dog. Most cardboard and paper goes into the compost pile with leaves and yard clippings. Some cardboard is laid down on the ground as a weed barrier, covered with mulch from the compost pile. My Millennial son still rolls his eyes when I save plastic produce containers or bags, for reuse, but he doesn't try to change me!

Oh, and I invested in a gravity-fed water purifier/filter, no more plastic water bottles!
And the water tastes GOOD.
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In case you're interested:
https://mypatriotsupply.com/products/alexapure-pro-water-filtration-system

Yes. Depression era parents will do it. I am sure like me you have pieces of string that are older than you are.
Interesting filter. Why do you filter the water? I have a well and I drink that. I get it tested every few years to make sure I am not likely to kill myself or my animals.

 

[fuzzi]

Yes. Depression era parents will do it. I am sure like me you have pieces of string that are older than you are.
Interesting filter. Why do you filter the water? I have a well and I drink that. I get it tested every few years to make sure I am not likely to kill myself or my animals.

We don't have a well, we are supplied by a local water company. They use chloramines to disinfect the water, and it's NASTY.

The water table here is very high, so drilling a well is probably not our best option. When we get a lot of rain our septic system gets sluggish. No sewer system available, yet.